Some people ('we' included) use food grade Diatomaceous Earth. It's non-toxic and natural external and internal bug control.
I sprinkle it on the floor of the coop with the scratch. According to the literature, if the animals eat it there will be fewer maggots to hatch into flies. Some people...
Well, i had the opposite experience.
We took in Frankie & Ginny who'd hatched together bec our friend couldn't keep Frankie in her neighborhood. Well some 4 months later, after Ginny had been laying a while, we decided we wanted more hens (ie eggs:). We picked up 6 leghorns (3 of whom never...
I'm so sorry for you...and I just found out that a person could really LOVE a chicken, too.
I didn't know before I had my GinnyGirl...she was my first hen, she'd come running to my call no matter where she was...she was hooked on those little mealworms:)! I still miss her. I was partially to...
Happy Birthday:). It's a good day for a birthday as it is also my Great Grandmother's, Caterina Fotia Ficara...who happily resides with our beloved St. Padre Pio!..And, yes, 'pray, trust, don't worry'...great advice.
Growing up in a central California Italian family, my father and uncles would hunt dove in September...and my Dad raised homing pigeons when I was around 5. I can still remember their peaceful coo and the smell of their food.
One of the highlights of the year was dove season when everyone made...
I'm a newbie at incubating and I have to say it was a much more rewarding experience than buying chicks at the feed store...although they are always so cute and sweet, I'll probably not be able to stop myself from indulging now and then:).
Bought an LG to hatch refrigerated eggs from my sweet...